Arty Lady's blog

My blog is my way of showing love of most things, in particular art and craft work. My work is quick, not pain-stakingly perfect - there is too much else going on to worry about perfection.
My main blog is eclectic. My Sub-Blogs specifically show my different arts and crafts.

11 December 2013

I entered the above photo in the Eureka Skydeck competition and I CAME THIRD! It was one of two photos I submitted (I actually preferred the other photo of Flinders Street Station in B&W, but that didn't get a mention). I forgot about my submission until I received an email saying they chose this photo (along with 12 others) out of the hundreds they received. Not only will my photo appear in their 2014 calendar but I won a dinner for two on the Tramway restaurant.

09 December 2013

Recently I enjoyed a High Tea at a quaint old shop and they served their tea in a teapot (naturally) covered with handmade tea cosies. Well, I just had to duplicate the tea cosy, which was not a complicated process, and viola, here is the outcome. It is virtually the same tea cosy apart6 from the colours, with the same buttons and pattern. All in all, it took about 2-3 hours to knit and sew.

26 September 2013

My gorgeous friend is getting married tomorrow and always prefer to give something handmade rather than bought, so here is a very simple lace horseshoe for her. I'm not sure if this type of thing is her "cup of tea" but we will see. Here's to a long and happy marriage to the couple!

25 August 2013

A lot time in the making but I finally completed three metres of christening lace (bobbin lace) using the Springett's christening lace pattern. Whilst there was not a great number of bobbins, the lace took hundreds of hours to make because of the length.

I attended a Great Gatsby wedding shoot yesterday and here is one of the hundreds of photos I snapped. I generally don't review my photos taken at a shoot for a few days, I find I critique them better if I leave them sit for a while (so the momentum, or excitement, has waned a little).

The lace on the dress and the parasol was magnificent, not sure if it was hand or machine made, but in any event the bride looked stunning.